From 1920s to 1930s, a painting society who advocated and protected traditional Chinese painting system, namely the Guangdong Painting Society, was founded in 1925 (till 1938) with principle members including Pan He, Huang Banruo, Pan Dawei, Luo Zhuo, Lu Zhenhuan, Huang Shaomei, Zhao Hao, Lu Zishu, Feng Xiangbi, Li Fengting and Li Yanshan who seek rejuvenation in traditional painting and joined hands together in studying painting theories. Regularly, they gathered at the Renyue Hall in the Liurong Temple to improvise and learn from each other by exchanging views, turning the quiet temple into a famous art salon in Guangzhou. With a great number of members, the Guangdong Painting Society became the largest art society in South China at that time.

Cooperative painting was the main medium for members to exchange views. These joint paintings, though created by more than one artist, appeared to be very cohesive and natural because of the similar interests, tastes, capability and thoughts of the artists. Moreover, each member had his own strength and incorporated it into the paintings. To illustrate, Luo Zhuo was good at drawing beasts and Buddhist figures while Li Fengting was skillful at bird-and-flower; Lu Zhenhuan was adept at landscape while Zhao Hao was accomplished in both bird-and-flower as well as calligraphy who often wrote the inscription. The conception, choice of subject matter, composition, brushwork, color usage and inscription in each joint painting were perfectly blended while the uniqueness of every artist was kept. The artists all gave their best skills, producing new ideas and inspiration.

Even today, we can still sense the artistic atmosphere of the painting society and the compassion of the artists. Looking into these paintings, we may imagine those scenes where artists responded to each other in poetry and painting while brewing and drinking tea under the bodhi tree. The poetic lifestyle and communication are the most special and fascinating elements in traditional Chinese culture. The good time in the Renyue Hall seems to be the last glow of an elegant and traditional artistic life. Times flied and memories faded. Their paintings were left to whisper the feelings for classic literature and art.